Legislative districts of Zamboanga del Norte

The legislative districts of Zamboanga del Norte are the representations of the province of Zamboanga del Norte in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first, second and third congressional districts.

History

Further information: Legislative district of Mindanao and Sulu and Legislative district of Zamboanga

Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Zamboanga del Norte were represented under the Department of Mindanao and Sulu (1917–1935) and the historical Zamboanga Province (1935–1953).

The enactment of Republic Act No. 711 on June 6, 1952 divided the old Zamboanga Province into Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur and provided them each with a congressional representative.[1] Zamboanga del Norte first elected its separate representative starting in the 1953 elections.

Even after receiving their own city charters, Dapitan and Dipolog remained part of the representation of the Province of Zamboanga del Norte by virtue of Section 80 of Republic Act No. 3811 (June 22, 1963)[2] and Section 86 of Republic Act No. 5520 (June 21, 1969),[3] respectively.

Zamboanga del Norte was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IX from 1978 to 1984, and returned two representatives, elected at-large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984.

Under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, the province was reapportioned into three congressional districts;[4] each elected its member to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.

1st District

Map of the 1st District of Zamboanga del Norte

• City: Dapitan
• Municipalities: La Libertad, Mutia, Piñan, Polanco, Rizal, Sergio Osmeña Sr., Sibutad
• Population (2020): 231,980[5]

Period	Representative[6]
8th Congress 1987–1992	Artemio A. Adasa, Jr.
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998	Romeo G. Jalosjos[a]
11th Congress 1998–2001
12th Congress 2001–2004
	Cecilia G. Jalosjos-Carreon[b]
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013	Seth Frederick P. Jalosjos
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019
18th Congress 2019–2022	Romeo M. Jalosjos Jr.[c]
19th Congress 2022–2025
	Roberto T. Uy Jr.

Notes

1. Seat vacated after being dropped from House of Representatives rolls on April 23, 2002 due to criminal conviction.[6]
2. Assumed office on September 2, 2002 after winning the special election to fill the vacated seat.[6]
3. Removed from office on July 21, 2022 by Status quo ante order issued by the Supreme Court of the Philippines.[7]

2nd District

Map of the 2nd District of Zamboanga del Norte

• City: Dipolog
• Municipalities: Jose Dalman, Katipunan, Manukan, President Manuel A. Roxas, Siayan, Sindangan
• Population (2020): 427,956[5]

Period	Representative[6]
8th Congress 1987–1992	Ernesto S. Amatong
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998	Cresente Y. Llorente, Jr.
11th Congress 1998–2001	Roseller L. Barinaga
12th Congress 2001–2004
13th Congress 2004–2007
14th Congress 2007–2010	Rosendo S. Labadlabad
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016
17th Congress 2016–2019	Glona G. Labadlabad
18th Congress 2019–2022
19th Congress 2022–2025

3rd District

Map of the 3rd District of Zamboanga del Norte

• Municipalities: Baliguian, Godod, Gutalac, Kalawit, Labason, Leon B. Postigo, Liloy, Salug, Sibuco, Siocon, Sirawai, Tampilisan
• Population (2020): 387,519[5]

Period	Representative[6]
8th Congress 1987–1992	Angel M. Carloto
9th Congress 1992–1995
10th Congress 1995–1998
11th Congress 1998–2001	Angeles R. Carloto II
12th Congress 2001–2004	Angel M. Carloto
13th Congress 2004–2007	Cesar G. Jalosjos
14th Congress 2007–2010
15th Congress 2010–2013
16th Congress 2013–2016	Isagani S. Amatong
17th Congress 2016–2019
18th Congress 2019–2022
19th Congress 2022–2025	Adrian Michael A. Amatong

Lone District (defunct)

Period	Representative[6]
3rd Congress 1953–1957	Alberto Q. Ubay
4th Congress 1957–1961
5th Congress 1961–1965
6th Congress 1965–1969
7th Congress 1969–1972	Felipe B. Azcuna

At-Large (defunct)

Period	Representatives[6]
Regular Batasang Pambansa 1984–1986	Romeo G. Jalosjos
	Guardson R. Lood

See also

• Legislative districts of Mindanao and Sulu
• Legislative district of Zamboanga
• 2002 Zamboanga del Norte's 1st congressional district special election
• 2019 Zamboanga del Norte local elections

References

1. Congress of the Philippines (June 6, 1952). "Republic Act No. 711 – An Act to Create the Provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
2. "Republic Act No. 3811 – An Act Creating the City of Dapitan". The LawPhil Project. June 22, 1963. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
3. "Republic Act No. 5520 – An Act Creating the City of Dipolog". The LawPhil Project. June 21, 1969. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
4. 1986 Constitutional Commission (February 2, 1987). "1987 Constitution of the Philippines – Apportionment Ordinance". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
5. "TABLE 1. Population of legislative districts by Region, Province, and selected Highly Urbanized/Component City : 2020" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
6. Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
7. Panaligan, Rey (July 21, 2022). "SC stops Jalosjos from assuming post as Zamboanga del Norte congressman". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved July 26, 2022.